Project Description

Family history speaks of the disappearance of Wabasca, AB cousins many years ago – and the loss of young women from Prince George and Ft St John BC in more recent years. I took the pockets from a worn pair of work jeans to remind of us how many of our lost sisters were just regular young women in jeans and a hoodie. Arthritic fingers limited the art to childlike drawings for the young, so I worked with that and used a crayon rainbow of colours. Women support and comfort each other in chevrons of hugs; Red opens her arms to the viewer. The backing has Owl center-most in soft night blue; inside, white wool padding cushions the work.

by Crystal J T Kennedy